Thursday 21 August 2014

John Stubbs' diaries (1853-60): Capes & Clarks

These are my original working notes, made quite a few years ago in the days before broadband and easy access to census records etc.  I have done a certain amount of extra work in getting them ready to post here, so some of the entries are now up-to-date.

They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful. 

As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed!  And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.


Henry Hawkesley CAPES (1827-1905) of  BOROUGHBRIDGE
John's brother in law

Diary references:
first mentioned 20 Jan 1853:  “in the evening we had a few friends as M & S Hirst   M & J/L Sedgwick & Mr Capes”
15 Sep 1855:  “Capes & I walked round by All Arm....”
through 1856: sometimes ‘Capes’, sometimes ‘Mr Capes’, occasionally ‘Mr Henry Capes’.  I have come to the conclusion that this is all HHCapes.
4 Feb 1856:  “Mr Cape came home from Gainsbro”
9 Feb 1856:  “At night went with Mr Capes to Dishforth to hear a little more about Cousin Marks Horse Cause”
14 Feb 1856:  “Uncle & Mr C being at Malton   Mr Barroby’s horse trial being heard today...”
21 Feb 1856: “Capes & Jane went walking”  [first mention of the two together]
27 Mar 1856:  “Jane & Capes played Chess”
29 Apr 1856:  “At Night Capes  Joe & I rowed their boat up to Roecliffe for the first time”
10 Jun 1856:  “At Night I had tea with Capes   we went down to play Cricket & a jolly practice we had”
17 Jun 1856:  “Capes & his cousin Scholfield”
11 Jul 1856:  “At Night Jane & Capes came from Taitlands”
27 Aug 1856:  “Had a letter from Capes...”
10 Sep 1856:  [wedding]
26 Sep 1856:  “Capes & Jane came from their Wedding Tour in Wales”
30 Sep 1856:  “Capes & Jane came   I went with them to their house & filled up some orders of Removal & stayed & supped with them”
14 Oct 1856:  “At Night I went to Miss Stotts to meet Mr & Mrs Capes...”
8 Nov 1856:  “At Night went to Capes for some Newspapers & took same to Mrs Powells”
12 May 1857:  “Father & Mother   Capes & Jane set off in Mrs Morrells Cab to Joes Wedding”
14 May 1857:  “Mr Capes was at Faxfleet”
15 Jul 1857:  “went to Cookes Circus  A very fair performance   Uncle & Aunt Pick went   Joe & Sarah, Capes, Lizzie & Alice, Steele & Smallwood”
24 Jul 1857:  “2 Miss Scholfields came to Capes’”
10 Sep 1857:  “At Noon saw Capes  Jane & Mary Hirst off to Redcar”
18 Sep 1857:  “Capes came from Redcar to stay with me until Tuesday next”
22 Sep 1857:  [Tues] “Capes went to Redcar”
2 Oct 1857:  “Capes & Jane came from Redcar”

22 Jan 1858:  “Went to Aldbro   Mrs Capes was confined of a son”
24 Mar 1857:  “Got a first rate dog from Capes   he got him from Peacock relieving officer”
26 Jun 1858:  “Jane Capes & Baby were at Taitlands”
29 Jun 1858:  “Mr Capes went to Taitlands”
9 Jul 1858:  “Capes & Jane came from Taitlands”
3 Sep 1858:  “Went by train & Joe & Capes walked to Helperby to the anti Felony association”
25 Dec 1858:  “Capes  Jane & Baby dined with us”
30 Dec 1858:  “At Night Went to Capes   Miss D  Miss Sarah Appleton of Dishforth  Miss Clarke of Minskip  Miss Calder  Jane Sedgwick & Mary  Alice & Lizzy Joe & I were there   got home about ten”

21 Mar 1859:  “At night Capes  Joe & I went to the Greyhounds to the sale of Charltons land  when Capes bot same for Mr Owen for £640”
14 May 1859:  “At Noon Steele  Capes Joe & I went to Chr Lofthouses stable to see a corpse which was found in the Canal”
23 Aug 1859:  “Capes wife & family went to Bridlington”
3 Sep 1859:  “Mr Capes came from Bridlington for a day or two yesterday”
16 Sep 1859:  “Capes & Jane & babies came home from Bridlington”
31 Oct 1859:  “...Mr Capes was at Gainsbro..”
8 Nov 1859:  “Mr Capes & I drove to Knaresbro & purchd the practice of the late Mr Warwick Solr (for £300 to include the library & papers &c) who died the other day”
6 Dec 1859:  “Capes & family went from Aldbro to live at Knaresbro”

8 Dec 1859:  “...went with Capes (who went to Mr Crosby’s funeral & from there here) to Minskip to attend at Township Meeting”
15 Dec 1859:  “Nelly Scholfield was married today  Capes & Jane were there”

& walks with on numerous occasions, goes rook shooting with in May, ferretting with, boating with, shooting with &c

through 1860, Capes visits BB and is visited in Knaresbro, goes shooting with J and advises him on his career

Family Bible: married Jane Stubbs 10 Sep 1856 at St James’, Bbdge
Bishop Stubbs: p71 describes him as “of Belmont” under which TDHS has written “Starbeck”
Notes by TDHS etc: born 3 June 1827
Whites 1867:           
Gainsborough:  Mr Robt Capes, Trinity St
Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Capes, Bridge St
The Lawyers Companion & Diary 1876:   
Boroughbridge:
Hirst, William, Cl. to mags., steward of manor of aldboro., and Henry Hawksley Capes, com. for oaths and affts., cl. to gr. ouseburn un. sup. reg., steward of manor of rockliffe (and at Knaresborough and Harrogate)   
W. Stubbs and Sharp & Ullithorne

Censuses:
1851 Census: Boroughbridge, next door to the Hirsts
Ann Freeman, widow, 35, lodging house keeper, b Aldborough (with teenage children)
Henry H Capes lodger 23, solicitor's articled clerk, b Whitgift, Yorks
The other lodger is railway station master

Parish Registers:
Bbdge: 10.9.56: HHC - full age - bachelor - solicitor - Bbdge - father, Thomas Hawkesley Capes, solicitor = Jane Stubbs - full age - spinster - Bbdge - father, Thomas Stubbs, wine merchant.  Witnesses: Sarah Sedgwick, Dorothy Hirst, Jos Stubbs, Leonard W Sidgwick, L [?J] Steele

Notes: 
Whitgift is on the south bank of the Humber, not far from Faxfleet ie West Riding
It appears from the diaries that after their marriage the Capes lived in Aldbro
His brother John is mentioned in the diaries Sep 1 1857: “Mr Capes brother John died last night”
There is a burial entry for Boroughbridge “George Frederick Capes of Bbdge - bd 11 Mar 1855 age 21”.  The use of the name Frederick suggests this is the same family.

Hirst & Capes, Solicitoes, Raglan Street [?], Harrogate, still in existence

George Whitehead’s Journals:
Mr CAPES & Miss STUBBS both of Bbridge  Married Sep 10th I believe    1856
Arthur Hirst Thompson (our Doctor) & Miss Capes  Married July 24 1884
Fred S Capes began acting in his Father’s place as Clerk to G.O Union Jany 1st 1892  [the letters include several to Fred Capes on matters such as sanitary rates, etc]
Mrs H H Capes died Apr 2 aged 76 years 1903
Henry Hawkesley Capes Solicitor Borobridge & Harrogate died Dec 12 aged 78 yrs   1905


George CAPES, Solicitor of Grays Inn

Diary references:
31 Jan 1857:  “Wrote to George Capes Esq to ask him to get me ‘Stephens Commentaries’”
28 Dec 1857:  “Commence reading Stephens Commentaries on the laws of England as I got them today”

In spring 1860 JRS, in London for his Law Socy exams, calls at Capes’ offices on several occasions, works at the office briefly, etc.  Capes is his London agent when he sets up business on his own in Middlesbro in 1861

Jane CAPES née Stubbs   
John's sister

Diary references:
21 Feb 1856: “Capes & Jane went walking”  [first mention of the two together]
27 Mar 1856:  “Jane & Capes played Chess”
11 Jul 1856:  “At Night Jane & Capes came from Taitlands”
10 Sep 1856:  [wedding]
26 Sep 1856:  “Capes & Jane came from their Wedding Tour in Wales”
29 Sep 1856:  “Sophy & I called at the Brides”
30 Sep 1856:  “Capes & Jane came   I went with them to their house & filled up some orders of Removal & stayed & supped with them”
14 Oct 1856:  “At Night I went to Miss Stotts to meet Mr & Mrs Capes...”
8 Nov 1856:  “At Night went to Capes for some Newspapers & took same to Mrs Powells”

4 Jan 1857:  “Called at Capes’ at Noon.  Jane was better”
12 May 1857:  “Father & Mother   Capes & Jane set off in Mrs Morrells Cab to Joes Wedding”
10 Sep 1857:  “At Noon saw Capes  Jane & Mary Hirst off to Redcar”
18 Sep 1857:  “Capes came from Redcar to stay with me until Tuesday next”
22 Sep 1857:  [Tues] “Capes went to Redcar”
2 Oct 1857:  “Capes & Jane came from Redcar”

22 Jan 1858:  “Went to Aldbro   Mrs Capes was confined of a son”
23 Jan 1858:  “Mrs Capes & Baby going on very nicely”
26 Jun 1858:  “Jane Capes & Baby were at Taitlands”
29 Jun 1858:  “Mr Capes went to Taitlands”
9 Jul 1858:  “Capes & Jane came from Taitlands”
25 Dec 1858:  “Capes  Jane & Baby dined with us”

18 May 1859:  “Jane Capes was confined of her 2nd son”
23 Aug 1859:  “Capes wife & family went to Bridlington”
16 Sep 1859:  “Capes & Jane & babies came home from Bridlington”
6 Dec 1859:  “Capes & family went from Aldbro to live at Knaresbro”
15 Dec 1859:  “Nelly Scholfield was married today  Capes & Jane were there”
    also boating, walking on occasion, tea & supper at Bridge Foot & elsewhere, & J is frequently at Capes’ for dinner, tea or supper

On 12 June 1860, Jane has her first daughter, Mary.  She is very poorly later in the month, but recovers, and goes to Taitlands in August with the children. 

Notes
Jane & Henry’s children were: [Alice Stubbs' Bible]
Thomas Hawkesley b 22 Jan 1858
Frederick Schofield b 18 May 1859
Mary b 2 Jun 1860
Alice Isabella b 5 Jan 1862; married Arthur Thompson of Gt Ouseburn:   children Harold Sigston Thompson b 25 Apr 1885 & Alfred Tullock Thompson b 29 Jun 1887
Robert    b 14 May 1865
Mabel Jane Henlock b 16 Feb 1867 d 6 Feb 1887
Florence Redmayne b 7 Oct 1869

George Whitehead’s Journals:
Mr CAPES & Miss STUBBS both of Bbridge  Married Sep 10th I believe 1856
Arthur Hirst Thompson (our Doctor) & Miss Capes  Married July 24 1884
Fred S Capes began acting in his Father’s place as Clerk to G.O Union Jany 1st 1892 
    [the letters include several to Fred Capes on matters such as sanitary rates, etc]
Mrs H H Capes died Apr 2 aged 76 years 1903
Henry Hawkesley Capes Solicitor Borobridge & Harrogate died Dec 12 aged 78 yrs   1905

Notes
She inherited from her grandmother, Mrs Jane Henlock of Ouseburn, according to the “copy holographic Writing purporting to be the Will” dated 8 Dec 1843:  a “garnett brooch to my granddaughter Jane Stubbs”

Thomas Hawkesley CAPES
nephew of JRS

Diary references: cf also Jane Capes
22 Jan 1858:  “Mrs Capes was confined of a son”
26 May 1858:  “Thos Hawkesley was christened today”

22 jan 1859:  “At night went to Capes to tea.  it was Hawkesley’s birthday”

31 Jul 1860:  “Aunt Bell  Mrs Capes & the 2 boys came & spent the day with us”

Frederick Schofield CAPES of BOROUGHBRIDGE

Diary references:
18 May 1859:  “Jane Capes was confined of her 2nd son”
17 Jun 1859:  “Uncle & Aunt Redmayne came to Fredk Scholfield Capes’ christening”

31 Jul 1860:  “Aunt Bell  Mrs Capes & the 2 boys came & spent the day with us”

Kellys 1908: [Public Establishments & Offices]    F.S. Capes Clerk of the Cemetery, Steward of the Manor of Aldborough & Deputy, Steward of the Manor of Grafton-with-Grindall, Steward of the Manor of Roecliffe
[Commercial] Frederick Scholfield Capes (firm Hirst & Capes) solicitor and commissioner for oaths, clerk to the guardians & assessment committee of Great Ouseburn Union, to Great Ouseburn Rural District Council & superintendent registrar of Great Ouseburn district,; and at Harrogate & Knaresborough

George Whitehead’s Journals:
Fred S Capes began acting in his Father’s place as Clerk to G.O Union Jany 1st 1892  [the letters include several to Fred Capes on matters such as sanitary rates, etc]

John CAPES
Diary references:
1 Sep 1857:  “Mr Capes brother John died last night”


CLARKS     of Ellinthorp, Heaton House & The Lodge
In 1860, there were Heaton House Clarks, The Lodge & The Hall Clarks [27 Jun]
It is not always clear who is being referred to …

Diary references:
eg.    
20 Feb 1856: J collects Jane, Aunt Pick, Aunt Bell & Miss Calder from Clarks of Ellinthorp Hall, & plays cards & has a dance first; 21 Apr 1856 Wm Hirst is this Clark’s solicitor; 18 Oct 1856 this Clark goes on holiday to Redcar at same time as Hirsts & Stubbs and goes to Yarm Fair

3 Nov 1857 “Mr & Mrs Clarke of Ellinthorpe Hall were married today”
This is Heaton Clark and Jane Hewit Cunynghame

The entries for Feb 1858 refer to parties given in honour of the newly married couples
   
then no mention until Feb 1858:
18 Feb 1858:  “Had a party at Uncle Hirsts to meet Mr & Mrs Clark of Ellenthorpe & Mr & Mrs L W Sedgwick”
25 Feb 1858:  “Had an evening party at the Bridge Foot   Mr & Mrs Clark & Mr & Mrs L W Sedgwick”
11 May 1858:  “At Night Hy Redmayne & I went to Clarks of Ellenthorp Hall  stayed supper.  Aunt Bell was there”
12 Oct 1858:  “At Night Uncle Wm & Aunt & Mrs Clark of Ellenthorp dropped in to Tea”
27 Dec 1858:  “Rd Hirst & Mrs Clark of Ellenthorp dined with us”

10 Feb 1859:  “At night went to tea at LW Sedgwicks to meet Mr & Mrs Edwin Clark [Heaton Edwin Clark?].  We danced & had a very merry party about 21 or 22 there”

12 Mar 1859:  “Mrs Clark of Ellinthorp Hall was confined  child dead   Mother was there”
20 May 1859:  “At night walked to Ellinthorp Lodge  Mr & Mrs Clark & Mr & Mrs Price (Mrs Clark’s sister) were there   The Hall people walked with me as far as the Hall on my way home”
    J sees the Clarks a half a dozen times in 1859, at Ellinthorp or at Bridge Foot
    J sees the Clarks on several occasions in 1860
27 Jun 1860:  “went to Uncle Hirsts to tea   met the Heaton House Clarks  The Lodge & The Hall Clarks  Had a very pleasant evening”

EDWIN CLARK of Ellinthorpe Hall
Married Mary Stott.  Father of Edwin Charles Clark
Son of Thomas Clark and brother of Heaton Clark
d1854

No diary entries, but relevant for relationship to the other Clarks

Whites 1840: “Ellinthorpe Hall is the property & seat of EC Esq”
Slaters 1849: “Clarke, Edwin, Esq, Ellinthorpe Hall”
Slaters 1854:  “Clarke  Edwin, Esq.  Ellinthorpe Hall”

Censuses:
1851 Aldborough: Ellinthorpe Hall
Edwin Clark, widower, 52, farmer of 300 acres, 11 labs b Ellinthorpe
2 house servants and 5 farm servants

Parish Registers:
4 Oct 1831:  Aldborough
Edwin Clarke of this parish =  Mary Stott of this parish
witnesses:  Hugh Stott, Charles Richard Clark, Charlotte Stott, Heaton Clark

General histories etc:
“New Yorkshire Gazeteer” 1828:  Ellingthorpe NR ...a small hamlet in the township of Milby...1 mile E from Boroughbridge....Ellingthorpe Hall is the seat of Thomas Clark Esq”
[presumably EC’s father]

George Whitehead’s Journals:
Edwin Clark of Ellenthorpe d July 20   aged 58 yrs 1854
The Stock Implements & Furniture of the late Edmund Clark of Ellenthorpe sold Mar 20, 22, 23    1855                   
Heaton Clark of Ellenthorpe went to his brother Edwin farm & young Clark of Heaton Hse went to Uncle Heaton farm &  -- Wilson of York went to Heaton Hse    Lady Day 1855


Heaton CLARK, Esq of (pre 1855) ELLINTHORPE LODGE then Ellinthorp Hall
c1790-1861
Son of Thomas Clark and brother of Edwin Clark
married Jane Hewit Cunynghame in 1857

Diary references:
none until
12 Oct 1859:  “got to Knaresbro about 12.  Had dinner at Kirks & rode home with Mr Heaton Clark”
23 Jul 1860:  “Called at ... Uncle Wms  I came home with Heaton Clark”       

Whites 1840:         “Ellinthorpe Lodge is the seat of HC Esq”
Slaters 1849:        “Clarke, Heaton, Ellinthorpe Lodge”
Slaters 1854:          “Clarke, Heaton, Esq, Ellinthorpe Lodge”

Censuses:
1851 Aldborough: Ellinthorpe Lodge
Heaton Clark, U, 60, farmer 100 acres 8 labs b Ykshire
housekeeper, 2 house servants and 5 farm servants
IGI:

Parish Registers:
is a witness on 4 Oct 1831 to the marriage of Edwin Clarke and Mary Stott, in Aldbro

York Herald 7 November 1857
Clark - Cunynghame - At 25, Pilrig-street, Edinburgh, on the 3rd inst., by the Rev Dr Bell, Heaton Clark, Esq., Ellinthorpe Hall, to Jane Hewit, eldest daughter of the late Wm Cunynghame, Esq., writer, Linlithgow

Yorkshire Gazette 21 Sep 1861
The Late Heaton Clark, Esq of Ellinthorpe Hall
The remains of the above deceased gentleman were interred at Aldborough parish church on Thursday last.  The funeral was attended by a large circle of sorrowing friends and neighbours.  The public life of the late Mr Clark leaves behind it a useful lesson to society, exemplifying the result of vast energy of mind and body.  Fifty years of untiring usefulness in a district cannot fail to have resulted in much good to many acknowledged recipients of advice and information, more especially when that advice was given with the greatest frankness and urbanity.  Mr Heaton Clark was the fifth son of the late Thos. Clark, Esq., of Ellinthorp Hall, and nephew of the celebrated architect, Alderman Carr, of York, who three times held the office of Lord Mayor.  The son of an energetic father, he was early initiated into his future pursuit in life, and by an early association with the most eminent farmers, breeders, and graziers of that date, (the pioneers of the vast improvement made in agricultural pursuits during the last twenty years), he soon acquired that knowledge and taste for short horn stock, which ever was his pride to see grazing on his lands.  Rejoicing in the sports of the field, in early life we find him an ardent hunter, displaying in many a long run the true spirit of the sportsman ad the ardour of the daring horseman.  His constant attendance at the "meet," his long remembered jocose and mirthful demeanour, and above all the liberality and energy (along with a few kindred spirits, neighbours and friends in his own district,) which marked his coming to the rescue in the preservation (for a time) of the Boroughbridge Harriers, and the ready assistance always judiciously given to the promoters of the hunt, secured for him a well merited share of public esteem.  He was a Conservative in politics.  His name was associated with every local movement intended to forward the progress of agriculture, and the religious and social institutions around him.  As a frequent judge and numberless agricultural societies throughout the country, his keen observation, sound judgment, and judicious decisions, secured to him the esteem of comparative strangers, whilst his inflexible adherence to the merits due to true bred stock stamped his opinions with authority and weight. As a practical farmer his attendance at all societies and movements calculated to improve the physical and mechanical progression of agriculture, his slow but steady adoption of new improvements, with a genuine love of his profession, enabled him to secure a standing in his own neighbourhood long to be remembered and worthy of close imitation.  The wide spread friendship of the deceased gentleman was but a part of that reciprocity of kindly feeling and courteous hospitality so often experienced by his friends.  Mr Clark had arrived at the ripe age of 71 years, and having married late in life, he leaves a wife and young child to mourn his loss.

Notes
Heaton Clark is the uncle of Heaton Edwin Clark.  Before 1855, he lives at Ellinthorpe Lodge.  On Lady Day 1855 he leaves the Lodge for his nephew, and he moves to his brother Edwin’s farm

George Whitehead’s Journals:
Spink Brown left Heaton House & H E CLARK went to his farm 1843
Edwin Clark of Ellenthorpe d July 20   aged 58 yrs 1854
The Stock Implements & Furniture of the late Edmund Clark of Ellenthorpe sold Mar 20, 22, 23    1855
Heaton Clark of Ellenthorpe went to his brother Edwin farm & young Clark of Heaton Hse went to Uncle Heaton farm &  -- Wilson of York went to Heaton Hse    Lady Day 1855
Heaton Clark of Ellenthorpe died Sep 13  aged 71  1861
The Stock Implements & Furniture of the late Heaton Clark of Ellenthorpe sold Mar 17, 18, & 19  1862

unfortunately, 1861 diary is missing


Heaton Edwin CLARK, Esq of HEATON HALL/HOUSE & then ELLINTHORPE LODGE
brother of Charles Francis George Clark
nephew of Heaton Clark, married to Martha Eliza Hallewell of Leeds
he was farming at Heaton House from 1843 – in 1855 he moved to Ellinthorpe Lodge

Diary references:
eg.   
17 Aug 1855 “with HE Clarks pty to Hack Fall”
15 Jan 1856 John plays whist in a party that includes Edwin Charles Clarke & HE Clark
22 Feb 1858 “I & Joe went in Morrells phaeton to HE Clarks evening party”

1 Jan 1859:  “At night walked with Steele to HE Clark’s to tea (the last time as a bachelor) as he is to be married on Wednesday.  Jacob Smith & Thos Lund were there  played cards”
       
he married Miss Martha Hallewell [cf Whitehead’s journal]
   
J goes to parties “to meet” HE Clark & his bride at the Stotts, the Stubbs & the Hirsts.
29 May 1859:  “At night Capes & I had a cab to Ellinthorp Lodge to the return bridal party   we played cards & a very jolly evening we had.  Miss Ellen & Miss Lucy Hallewell were there”
     
The “usual” rook shooters meet at HE Clark’s in May

27 Jun 1860:  “went to Uncle Hirsts to tea   met the Heaton House Clarks  The Lodge & The Hall Clarks  Had a very pleasant evening”
28 Jun 1860:  “I went with Capes  Steele & E C Clark to dinner at 5 at Heaton House  Holdsworth Owen & Mr Davis of Dudley  Sedgwick Jacob Smith & H Edwin Clark were there”

IGI:
Heaton Edwin Clark bap 7 May 1820, son of John Robert Clark and Mary Ann Addey, at Royston, Yks

? Slaters 1854:  Royston:  Mr John Clark, Oakes, Darton
Slaters 1849: “Clarke, Heaton Edwin, Esq, Heaton Hall”
Slaters 1855: “Clarke, Heaton Edwin, Esq, Heaton Hall”

Censuses:
1851 Aldborough: Heaton House
Heaton Edwin Clark, U, 29, farmer of 237 acres 3 outdoor labs, b Royston
housekeeper, housemaid and 4 farm servants

1861 Aldborough: Ellinthorp Lodge
Heaton E Clark, 41, farmer of 640 acres 7 lab & 8 farm servants b At New Lodge, Parish of Roylton, Yorkshire
Martha E, wife, 35, b Leeds
Miss Helen K Hallewell, visitor, 25, gentlewoman
Miss Lucy W Hallewell, visitor, 19, gentlewoman, both b Leeds,
Housemaid, diary maid, 4 ploughmen, groom, plough boy

Sheffield Independent 2 Nov 1861

Clark - On the 27th ult, aged 41, Heaton Edwin Clark, Esq., of Ellinthorp Lodge, Boroughbridge, youngest son of the late John Robert Clark, Esq., New Lodge, Barnsley

National Probate Calendar
Heaton Edwin Clark late of Ellinthorpe Lodge gentleman died 27 Oct 1861 at Ellinthorpe Lodge, exors: James Fawcett of Wakefield, merchant, Jacob Smith of Humburton, farmer, and Charles Francis George Clark of Heaton House nr Boroughbridge

His widow Martha Eliza (daughter of the late Benjamin Hallewell Esq of Highfield House, Leeds) married William Lupton of Leeds in London on 9 Feb 1864

Notes:  Heaton Hall:  “Heaton House” appears on the 1880 O.S. map, off the Aldbro-York road
John refers to “Wilson of Heaton House”: “Mr & Mrs Wilson called 3 Mar 1856” - they farmed Heaton House after 1855, when HEC went to Ellinthorpe Lodge

George Whitehead’s Journals
Spink Brown left Heaton House & H E CLARK went to his farm 1843
Heaton Clark of Ellenthorpe went to his brother Edwin farm & young     Clark of Heaton Hse went to Uncle Heaton farm &  -- Wilson of York went to Heaton Hse    Lady Day 1855
Heaton Edwin Clark of Ellenthorpe Lodge & Martha Eliza Hallewell of Highfield House, Woodhouse, Leeds   married Jany 5th 1859
Mr Wilson left Heaton House &  -- Clark, nephew to Heaton Clark took it & began Lady Day 1860
Heaton Edwin Clark of Ellenthorpe Lodge d Oct 27 aged 41  he was nephew to the late Heaton Clark of Ellenthorpe   1861
The Stock Implements & Furniture of the late Heaton Clark of Ellenthorpe sold Mar 17, 18, & 19  1862
Charly Clark sale at Heaton House  Sept 15th  He left about same time & Mr Burnet came to the farm   1868

unfortunately, 1861 diary is missing


Charles Francis George CLARK of HEATON HOUSE
Brother of Heaton Edwin Clark
Brought his family to Ellinthorpe some time after Edwin's death.  Had been a chemist in Dudley.  A few years after his brother Heaton Edwin's death he gave up farming and went back to Dudley.
?His son Charley was at Stonyhurst (one or both parents therefore Catholic)

Diary references:
27 Jun 1860:  “went to Uncle Hirsts to tea   met the Heaton House Clarks  The Lodge & The Hall Clarks  Had a very pleasant evening”

There is an evening party at Clarks in Jul 1860, and they come to tea at Bridge Foot and to the Hirsts

19 Dec 1860:  “Mr Chas Clark had tea with us   he went to meet his son Charley who came from school & then he took Marian home from our house”

Marr Amelia Hicks in 1843 in London

1861 Heaton House, Aldborough
Amelior Clark, wife, 46, farmer's wife and children Marianne 17 and Heaton A Clark 8, all b Dudley, Staffs with visitor Harriet M Stocks 50 b Barnsley and cook, housemaid, and 3 carters
Charles Francis George Clark bap 20 Feb 1818 at Royston, York, son of John Robert Clark and Mary Ann Addey

1881 New Building , Wellington Rd, Dudley
Charles Francis G Clark 63, chemist and druggist, b Barnsley Carlton
Amelia, 66, wife, b Liskeard Cornwall, Jane Amelia Clark, relative, 4, b Dalston London and a servant

York Herald, 29 July 1893
Clark - On the 25th inst. at Ellinthorpe, Pedmore, Worcestershire, Charles Francis George Clark, late of Heaton House, Boroughbridge, aged 75 years. No cards.

George Whitehead’s Journal:
Mr Wilson left Heaton House &  -- Clark, nephew to Heaton Clark took it & began Lady Day 1860
Charly Clark sale at Heaton House  Sept 15th  He left about same time & Mr Burnet came to the farm   1868

Geo Frank & Miss Clark   Heaton House  marr Jun 11   1867

J records for 1 Jan 1862, “Rode ... to Heaton House ... only saw Charley.”


Edwin Charles CLARK of/in Ellinthorp
son of Edwin Clark of Ellinthorp Hall
1835-1917
       
Diary references:   in gatherings for boating, cards, parties etc, eg
25 Jun 1856: “At night the Clarks of Ellinthorp  Steele & E.C.Clarke ....were at our house to tea”

15 Jan 1857:  “went to sup at the Doctors   Steele  Edwin Chas Clarke  H.E. Clark  Jacob Smith  Leond  Thos S  Jim S  Joe & I  we had 2 tables of Wist...”

14 Jun 1858:  “At Night  Capes  Joe  Charlesworth  Steele  E.C. Clark  Smallwood & I went boating”

3 Jan 1859:  “At night went with Miss Stott, Steele & EC Clark in Stotts phaeton to Clarks of Minskip to tea”

Alumnae Cambridgienses: Edwin Charles. Clark
College:     TRINITY
Entered:     Michs. 1854
Died:     20 Jul 1917
More Information:     Adm. pens. at TRINITY, Feb. 7, 1854. S. and h. of Edwin, of Ellinthorp Hall, Boroughbridge, Yorks. B. there Nov. 5, 1835. School, Shrewsbury. Matric. Michs. 1854; Scholar, 1856; 1st Chancellor's Medal; Browne Medal; B.A. (Senr. Classic) 1858; M.A. 1861; LL.M. 1871; LL.D. 1875. Fellow, 1859. Fellow of St John's, 1883. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Sept. 23, 1858. Called to the Bar, 1862. Lecturer in Law. Regius Professor of Civil Law, 1873-1913. As head of the Law Faculty greatly furthered the progress of the school; devoted much time to the fitting up of the Squire Law Library, of which he was a generous benefactor. Took a keen interest in the Foundation of the Society of Public Teachers of Law, 1908. Of Newnham House, Cambridge. Author, Early Roman Law; Practical Jurisprudence; History of Roman Private Law, etc. Died July 20, 1917, aged 81, at Cambridge. Father of the next. (The Times, July 21, 1917.)

1911 Census Newnham House, Cambridge
Edwin Charles Clark, widower, 75, University Professor Barrister, b Aldborough
Mary Margaret Webber, daughter, married 11 yrs 2 children both living: Evelyn May 9 and Julia 5 all b Cambridge
cook, parlourmaid, housemaid, kitchenmaid, nurse

Yorkshire Post & Leeds Intelligencer 21 July 1917
Dr E C Clark, A Famous Cambridge Professor
The death occurred yesterday, at his residence, Newnham House, Cambridge, of Dr Edwin Charles Clark, who from 1873 to 1913 was Regius Professor of Civil Law at Cambridge University.  Professor Clark had Yorkshire connections both by birth and marriage, for he was the son of Mr Edwin Clark, of Ellinthorpe Hall, Boroughbridge, and he married Miss Mary Kiston, a daughter of the late Mr James Kitson, of Elmete Hall, and a sister of the late Lord Airedale.  His wife died about 30 years ago, and he is survived by a son, Lt-Col Kitson Clark of Leeds, and a daughter, Mrs WEbber, of Cambridge.
Professor Clark, who died in his 82nd year, had had a distinguished scholastic career, and he was a great authority on civil law.  Educated first at Richmond, in Yorkshire, and next at Shrewsbury, he went to Trinity College, Cambridge, and came out seventh in the Senior Optime Mathematical Tripos.  In 1858 he was Senior Classic and first Chancellor's Medallist, and he was also the Browne Medallist for Epigrams.  He was called to the Bar by Lincoln's Inn in 1862, and for a short time practised as a conveyancer in London.  He was the author of several legal publications, among them being [ ... ...].  Among his hobbies was that of coin collecting, and he was also a keen student of archaeology and architecture.  For the last four years he had lived in retirement at Cambridge ...

Mr & Miss CLARK of MINSKIP

Diary references:
11 Jun 1858:  “We had a glass of beer at Mr Clarks of Minskip on our return”
30 Dec 1858:  “...went to Capes....Miss Clarke of Minskip [& others] were there”

3 Jan 1859:  “At night went with Miss Stott, Steele & EC Clark  in Stotts phaeton to Clarks of Minskip to tea   Miss Calder  The Misses Appleton & Miss McCleod were there  Had a good dance  John Clark drove the Sedgwicks & Alice & Lizzy & me home  got home about 12”
    the Clarkes of Minskip go on the picnic on 12 July (32 in the party)
    J asks Clarke of Minskip if he has a ferret to sell on 6 Sep 1859
7 Sep 1859:  “..if Clarke had got a ferret but he had not  His brother from Huddersfield was there”
2 Dec 1859:  ...to Minskip.....Had tea at Chr Clarkes...”

    social events in 1860

Censuses:
1851:  Minskip
Christopher Clarke,39, farmer of 250 acres employing 9 men b Ellerton
Jane Eliza 37, farmer's wife, b Topcliffe
Rebecca 9 and John 8 both b Catton
farm labourer 60, blacksmith, 3 young farm labourers

George Whitehead’s Journals:
Thos Abbay flitted from the Hunday Field to the house opp G.O Church  Nov 3rd  CLARK OF MINSKIP went to the Hunday field same time   1863
Christopher Clark of Minskip sold up Feb 9, 10 & 12   I expect he is going on again with the farm 1866
John Clark son of Christopher Clark of Minskip died Jun 16 aged 24  1867
Christopher Clark of Minskip d Oct 14  aged 61 years  1872
Mrs Chr Clark of Minskip d Nov 29  aged 27 years   1893

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